Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 24:2
And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.
2. they (emph.)] Aaron, his two sons, and the elders.
neither, &c.] Observe the gradation: the people generally are to remain at the foot of the mountain; Aaron, his two sons, and the elders come partly up the mountain; only Moses goes to the top (cf. Exo 19:21, Exo 20:21).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 2. Moses alone shall come near] The people stood at the foot of the mountain. Aaron and his two sons and the seventy elders went up, probably about half way, and Moses alone went to the summit.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Moses alone, i.e. without the persons now mentioned, though not without Joshua his minister, as some conceive from Exo 24:13, though even there Moses seems to ascend into the mount without Joshua.
Neither shall the people go up with him to any part of the mount, as Aaron, and Nadab, &c. did, but they shall tarry at the bottom. See Exo 19:12.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And Moses alone shall come near the Lord,…. Into the cloud where he was, and talk with him face to face, as a man talketh with his friend; which was great nearness indeed, and a peculiar favour and high honour was this:
but they shall not come nigh; Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel:
neither shall the people go up with him; not any of them, much less the whole body. It seems, by this account, that Moses had been down from the mount after he had received the laws recorded in the two preceding chapters; though as yet he had not related them to the people, but did before he went up again by the above order, as appears from what follows.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
2. And Moses alone shall come near the Lord. Three gradations are here marked. A station is prescribed for the people, from whence they may “worship afar off;” the elders and the priests are appointed to be the companions of Moses, to come closer, and thus to be witnesses to the people of all the things which we shall afterwards see to be shewn them; whilst, as they were separated from the multitude, so finally Moses alone was received up into the higher glory; for he was caught up on high in the covering of the cloud. This (307) distinction is marked in the words, “Moses alone shall come near…; but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up.” Some translators render the verbs in the past tense; but improperly, in my opinion; for Moses is not yet relating what was done, but only what God had commanded, as is plain from the next verse, wherein also the modesty and humility of the people is commended, because they received with reverence a command which was not in itself very agreeable or likely to be approved. For, such is the ambition of men, that it might have appeared insulting that they should be set afar off and prohibited from approaching the mountain, like strangers and heathens. It is, therefore, an evidence of their pious reverence, that they should submit to be placed at a distance, and should be contented with a position apparently less honorable. And Moses more clearly expresses their promptitude to obey, when he reports their words, that they would do all that he had declared to them from the mouth of God.
(307) “Ces trois estats;” these three estates. — Fr.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
2. Moses alone shall come near the Lord Here was a symbolical outline of what was afterward formally fixed in the Levitical code . Moses represented the highpriest, who went alone into the most holy place, (Lev 16:17,) and these others the ordinary consecrated priests who might minister in the holy place, and at the altar, while the people were required to remain in the distance .
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Can anything be more striking, in reference to the Lord Jesus, as the sole Mediator between God and man? 1Ti 2:5 ; Jer 30:21 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Exo 24:2 And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.
Ver. 2. But they shall not come nigh. ] But half-way only. Exo 24:2 See Trapp on “ Exo 19:12 “
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
near = near unto.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Exo 24:13, Exo 24:15, Exo 24:18, Exo 20:21, Num 16:5, Jer 30:21, Jer 49:19, Heb 9:24, Heb 10:21, Heb 10:22
Reciprocal: Exo 24:12 – Come up Lev 1:1 – called Deu 5:5 – General Deu 29:1 – beside the Psa 103:7 – He made Joh 7:19 – not
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Exo 24:2. And Moses alone shall come near Being therein a type of Christ, who, as the high-priest, entered alone into the most holy place. In the following verse we have the solemn covenant made between God and Israel, and the exchanging of the ratifications: typifying the covenant of grace between God and believers through Christ.